diff --git a/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkOverwriteSliceFilter.cpp b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkOverwriteSliceFilter.cpp
index 886ff7e8bb..dfb0663321 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkOverwriteSliceFilter.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkOverwriteSliceFilter.cpp
@@ -1,50 +1,55 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision: $
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 #include "mitkOverwriteSliceFilter.h"
 
 
 
 mitk::OverwriteSliceFilter::OverwriteSliceFilter(){
 
 	m_Map = vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData>::New();
 	m_TimeStep = 0;
 
 }
 
 mitk::OverwriteSliceFilter::~OverwriteSliceFilter(){
 	m_Map = NULL;
 	m_Slice = NULL;
 }
 
 void mitk::OverwriteSliceFilter::SetInputMap(mitk::Image* map){
 	this->m_Map = map->GetVtkImageData(this->m_TimeStep);
 }
 
+void mitk::OverwriteSliceFilter::SetInputSlice(mitk::Image* slice){
+	this->m_Slice = slice->GetVtkImageData(this->m_TimeStep); 
+}
+
 void mitk::OverwriteSliceFilter::GenerateInputRequestedRegion(){
 	//As we want all pixel information fo the image in our plane, the requested region
 	//is set to the largest possible region in the image.
 	//This is needed because an oblique plane has a larger extent then the image
 	//and the in pipeline it is checked via PropagateResquestedRegion(). But the
 	//extent of the slice is actually fitting because it is oblique within the image. 
 	ImageToImageFilter::InputImagePointer input =  const_cast< ImageToImageFilter::InputImageType* > ( this->GetInput() );
 	input->SetRequestedRegionToLargestPossibleRegion();
 }
 
 void mitk::OverwriteSliceFilter::GenerateData()
 {
+	
 	//this->SetOutput( const_cast<ImageToImageFilter::OutputImageType>(GetInput()) );
 }
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diff --git a/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkOverwriteSliceFilter.h b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkOverwriteSliceFilter.h
index 87f2ebb960..334c85ea61 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkOverwriteSliceFilter.h
+++ b/Core/Code/Algorithms/mitkOverwriteSliceFilter.h
@@ -1,66 +1,67 @@
 /*=========================================================================
  
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision: $
  
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
  
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
  
 =========================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef mitkOverwriteSliceFilter_h_Included
 #define mitkOverwriteSliceFilter_h_Included
 
 
 #include "MitkExports.h"
 #include "mitkImageToImageFilter.h"
 #include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
 
 
 #include <vtkImageData.h>
 
 
 namespace mitk
 {
 	
 	class MITK_CORE_EXPORT OverwriteSliceFilter : public ImageToImageFilter
 	{
 	public:
 
 		mitkClassMacro(OverwriteSliceFilter, ImageToImageFilter);
 		itkNewMacro(OverwriteSliceFilter);
 
 		/** \brief Set the time step in the 4D volume */
 		void SetTimeStep( unsigned int timestep){ this->m_TimeStep = timestep; }
 		unsigned int GetTimeStep(){ return this->m_TimeStep; }
 
-		void SetInputSlice(mitk::Image* slice){ this->m_Slice = slice; }
+		void SetInputSlice(vtkImageData* slice){ this->m_Slice = slice; }
+		void SetInputSlice(mitk::Image* slice);
 
 		void SetInputMap(vtkImageData* map){ this->m_Map = map; }
 		void SetInputMap(mitk::Image* map);
 
 	protected:
 		OverwriteSliceFilter();
 		virtual ~OverwriteSliceFilter();
 
 		virtual void GenerateData();
 
 		virtual void GenerateInputRequestedRegion();
 
-		mitk::Image* m_Slice;
+		vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> m_Slice;
 		vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> m_Map;
 
 		unsigned int m_TimeStep;
 
 			
 		};
 }
 
 #endif // mitkOverwriteSliceFilter_h_Included
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